Welcome December and the season of Advent!
•A big thank you to Georgia’s Grandma who visited us again this past Friday! She shared a fun gingerbread story with us!
•I know some parents are considering coming in to be a Mystery Reader…. I strongly encourage you to do so! We can arrange a day convenient for you, morning or afternoon! Please share some time with us for it is a lot of fun for the children. I guarantee that you will have fun too!
English Language Arts
Reading (Test 12/8 on story “Baby Bears,” spelling and grammar )
Wonders Unit 2 Week 2(Each text set will span over a two-week period)
•Essential Question: How are offspring like their parents?
• Expository Texts “Baby Bears”
•Read to Self
Writing
• Writing spelling sentences and responses to the anchor text in our Reading Writing Companion books
Phonics Focus short u, long u, u_e
Grammar Goals commas in a series, singular and plural nouns
Vocabulary words adult, alive, covered, fur, giant, groom, mammal, offspring
Handwriting Keeping the “Keys to Legibility” in mind as we review manuscript letter formation
Spelling Words (Test 12/8) mule, fuse, plum, use, dog, cup, cute, hum, must, fun, but, drums, look, yes, their
High Frequency Words change, cheer, fall, five, look, open, should, their, won, yes
Math-Module 4
•Grouping Tens as Hundreds
•Understanding and Representing Three Digit Numbers
Social Studies
•Map and graph skills
•Using primary and secondary sources to help us learn about the past
Religion– Chapel this past Wednesday -We shared the message and gave out a “good person” award to someone who is special to us here at Trinity; someone who has shown a kind act towards us. The children did a wonderful job and it gave us an amazing feeling to make someone else feel special and important!
Scholastic News
God bless our week ahead!
Antonia Ryan